This is a good one: such a unique shape to Gingko leafs. Recently Cisco wrote about Gingko and he named a few dwarf varieties that got me interested. The storm that just past through left most trees naked at this point.

I love golden ginkgo leaves! Actually, I love the green and variegated ones, too. I have one in a bad spot that has suffered several setbacks. It's too big to move. I wonder if I should try one in a different location.

What an amazing yellow gold that Gingko leaf is .. it looks so startling I can't believe it will wither and decay .. as I type this Wart-Face is scrambling on my big maple eating more wingnuts .. it is going to be a hard winter once it arrives I think ! maybe I should be gathering nuts too ? LOLJoy : )

They're predicting a milder winter for us in this region and often it seems like when it's milder here, it's awful in the midwest and east and vice versa. I'm surprised the squirrels aren't gathering us. (You know, because we're a little nuts.)

About Me

Why Outlaw Gardener? I like to break the rules of good taste, plant placement, and plant hardiness. Also, I have received periodic "love notes" from the city code enforcement officer telling me that my parking strip plants encroach on the city's right-of-way. When expressing my distress over the latest such notice, I exclaimed to my pal Loree (Danger Garden) "I'm an outlaw gardener!" To which she replied,"That would be a good name for a blog."
My first gardens were in Southeast Alaska (zone 3.)I do miss the beauty and community of small-town Alaska but I don't take for granted for a moment how wonderful it is to garden in zone 8.